New Buildings Institute Strategic Plan FY2027-29

Document / April 16, 2026

This document details the New Buildings Institute (NBI) strategic plan for the 2027-2029 fiscal years.

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This strategic plan is focused on five goals: 

  1. Advance Energy Codes for New Construction: We will achieve progress on model codes and support low-/zero-energy and -carbon codes development and adoption in states and jurisdictions while preventing rollbacks where codes are threatened. 
  2. Accelerate Existing Building Upgrades: We will establish consistency among policies, close gaps between policies and real-world experience, and improve the efficiency and performance of existing buildings through retrofits at scale. 
  3. Deploy Innovative Technologies: We will accelerate the market uptake of energy-efficient and low-carbon technologies, emphasizing building-grid integration solutions. 
  4. Advance Beneficial Outcomes: We will reduce energy burdens, negative health impacts, and disaster vulnerability through improved building policy design and implementation and accessible communications. 
  5. Build Global Collaboration: We will advance locally tailored building and energy solutions that reduce emissions and adaptation measures that lower climate risk for vulnerable populations.